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Turkeys Abounding

Turkey's Abounding on a Bird-Flipping Morning

On my way to work in the morning, there’s a congested left
turn where, if the on-coming traffic is consistently making a right, there’s
room to make a sharp left turn into the left lane of the street to the left.
(Did you get that?)

This morning, there was one car in front of me as I waited
to make that left turn. The woman seemed hesitant to make the turn without the
green arrow. So although she could have made it several times, she chose to
wait, and I consciously did not push her by either honking my horn, or even
seeming annoyed in any way. Instead, I figured some people don’t like taking
such a risk, and let her wait for the next green light and arrow. As I patiently
waited behind her, she suddenly threw her hands up as though she was flustered
and annoyed. I just figured she had someone else in the car with whom she was
upset. But no. She looked into her rear view mirror, caught my eyes, and
flipped me a morning bird!

With mouth agape, I said aloud, “What in the world was THAT
for?” Now I was perturbed, but instead of retaliating, I started to pray for
her-realizing she was not having a good morning, and I was her scapegoat…I
guess!

The light changed, and I just continued into the turn after
the woman. No rushing her from the back; no return birds or anything of the
nature. I just prayed for her and figured she was an unhappy camper. WELL…as we
approached a store strip mall, she prepared to make a right turn into it, and
as she did so, opened her window, thrust her arm out, and flipped me another
bird as I passed!!! Now I was laughing out loud! “Who in the world pee’ed in
your cornflakes this morning? Maybe you should go back home and start again
because this morning is clearly not working for you!” I said aloud laughing as
I drove by.

A part of me was indignant. But the better of me kept me
laughing out loud. Literally! Then as I came to the end of that very long and
somewhat busy street, a large, wild turkey lunged out into the traffic, which
immediately came to a halt in both directions. Along came a man riding a Kelly-green
bicycle from the opposite direction from mine. The turkey turned and gave chase
as the rider pedaled furiously! At this point, I was hysterical and found it
hard to drive!

I know I can make all kinds of philosophical and spiritual
associations with all of this, but I really don’t want to. I just wanted to
share it with you and hope you got a good laugh out of it like I did. I
actually thought to myself, “This is so bizarre, maybe I’ll wake up and find
out it was a dream.” But it wasn’t. It was just a bird-flipping morning!

Comments

The way I see it, the woman wanted you to honk because she has difficulty choosing and is of the type that needs someone to make decisions for her. When you didn't honkingly encourage her, she obviously became angry.

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